Word: tone
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Foreign Relations Committee, who seemed as anxious as the President to show their support of Israel. The subject was the fiasco at the U.N. when the U.S. first supported and then repudiated a resolution criticizing Israeli occupation of Arab territory that it seized during the 1967 war. The caustic tone of the session was set by New York Senator Jacob Javits, a firm backer of Israel, who announced on Feb. 25 that he would be seeking re-election in the fall. Said Javits: "Now, Mr. Secretary, did anyone ever read this resolution?" Vance's calm reply: "Of course they...
Featherless paid no mind. "Does it say anywhere," he asked in a voice whose tone showed that he was awed by the immensity of the concept struggling to be born, "that the candidate has to be alive...
...liberal intellectualism" of Cambridge supports the innovative schedule of the theater, Skinner said. "Harvard has set the tone for the non-natives of Cambridge," he added...
Know-it-alls come in two types: "real experts," who are right about 75% of the time, and "phony experts," who are inept and usually wrong. The real experts are highly valuable, but dogmatic, stubborn and often "so superior in tone that they make others feel useless." Co-workers who must face a know-it-all should do their homework carefully, and instead of arguing, ask "extensional" questions, such as "How will this approach work with our five lands of customers?" The questions may lead know-it-alls to see their errors because they are among the few troublemakers...
...Harper's (circ. 301,000). Since 1952 the two publications have sold advertising jointly, an arrangement made possible by their similar circulation and demographics. Editorially the two monthlies go their separate ways. Harper's, founded seven years before the Atlantic, is usually feistier. Harper's tone is set by the crotchety essays of Editor Lewis H. Lapham, 45, who slays the fashions of the moment with 18th century prose. Circulation is down 68,000 since 1970, however, and Harper's owner for the past 15 years, John Cowles Jr. of the Minneapolis Star and Tribune...